guitar scale
D♭ minor pentatonic
D♭1F♭♭3G♭4A♭5C♭♭7
Major pentatonic started from its fifth note. The first scale most guitarists learn.
The same sounds spelled from the other side are C♯ minor pentatonic.
Written out
Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.
The step pattern
D♭W+HF♭WG♭WA♭W+HC♭WD♭
What is true of it
D♭ minor pentatonic is D♭, F♭, G♭, A♭ and C♭, and back to D♭.
Its steps are W+H – W – W – W+H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.
Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 33 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.
Chords made only of these notes
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 5 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on D♭
D♭ major pentatonicpentatonicD♭ bluespentatonicD♭ major bluespentatonicD♭ majormajorD♭ natural minorminorD♭ harmonic minorminor
C min pentD min pentD♯ min pentE♭ min pentE min pentF min pentF♯ min pentG♭ min pentall 374